Yorktown News

Born in Yorktown, Virginia on December 26, 1738, Thomas Nelson, Jr. was the oldest son of William Nelson and Elizabeth Burwell.A William was a leader in the colony of Virginia and twice her governor.A As a member of Virginia's aristocratic society, Nelson's life followed the normal course for the son of a planter.

Authorities say a woman found wandering two weeks ago near Albany in Oregon's Willamette Valley is a Virginian who suffers from mental illness and has a history of traveling without identification when she stops taking medication.

Beach music -- that variant of Southern R&B made popular at oceanside party zones Virginia to South Carolina -- signifies good times and summer fun for many.

Only a week after British Gen. Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, Va., effectively ending the Revolutionary War, the U.S. Congress directed that a substantial monument be erected at the site of the decisive victory.

Yorktown's Civil War history is being celebrated over the next three days with presentations on surveillance balloons, troop encampments and other demonstrations.

YORKTOWN, Va. A CBS 6 employee sent in a picture of this big sea turtle that washed ashore on the beach at Yorktown.

John-James Augustine Gula, 63, of 26 Dover St., passed away peacefully after giving in to pneumonia and an aggressive cancer on Monday, May 14, 2012, at Augusta Health in Fishersville.

By Darryl Sannes Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force On May 5, 1862, the Union Army of the Potomac entered the abandoned Confederate entrenchments at Yorktown, Va.

At one time, customers would call weeks in advance with elaborate orders for Mother's Day , Joyce Ballew sighs.

The Board of Directors for theJamestown-Yorktown Foundationwill get an update on the status of plans for constructing a new Yorktown Victory Center at the board's semi-annual meeting Thursday and Friday.

James Armistead, born a slave on William Armistead's plantation, gained permission from his owner to volunteer for the army in 1781.

Henry Smith, 93, of 7 N. Boxwood St., died May 7, 2012, at Golden Living Center in Lumberton.

When Abraham Lincoln stepped ashore at Fort Monroe late on May 6, 1862, he hoped his visit would prod Maj.

The Battle of Williamsburg, Va., is the first major combat of Union Gen. George B. McClellan's Virginia "Peninsula Campaign" Waged May 4-5, 1862, the battle pitted nearly 41,000 Union soldiers against more than 30,000 Confederate forces.